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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Definition