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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education Software