Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)