Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)