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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses