Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources