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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition