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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Definition