Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Book