Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning Book