Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)