Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)