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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Definition