Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Book