Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education