Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Definition