Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with 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