Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition