Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs List