Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Open Source