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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)