Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational MOOCs