Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs