Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Definition