Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs