Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Online Courses