Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)