Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Courses