Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition