Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning Book