Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)