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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)