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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education