Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning