Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Definition