Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy