Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition