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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Online Learning