Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition