Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning Theory