Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Massively Open Online Courses