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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)