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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education