Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For College Credit