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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs