Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning enable learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning Theory