Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Definition