Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition