Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Definition