Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education Software