Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education