Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition