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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course