Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Educational Courses