Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals