Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology