Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)