Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Higher Education