Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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