Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Moocs