Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Massively Open Online Courses