Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Program