Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Books