Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)