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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course