Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education