Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition