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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For Credit