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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course