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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition