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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Moocs