Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education