Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)