Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition