Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses