Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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