Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition