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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)