Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education MOOCs