Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning Mooc