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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses