Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology