Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning Book