Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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