Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education Software