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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course