Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition