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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Books