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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education