Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants 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. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology