Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition