Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About MOOCs