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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources