Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course