Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Education Moocs