Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals