Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition