Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs List