Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education