Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Higher Education