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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For College Credit