Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources