Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs