Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition