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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning