Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Free Online Courses