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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy