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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course