Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education Software