Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)