Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning