Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Definition