Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low 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 digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy