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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course