Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course