Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Education