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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition