Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Definition