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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course