Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massive Open Online Course