Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course