Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition