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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course