Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Instructional Design