Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources