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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs