Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses