Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals