Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals