Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)