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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course