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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education