Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals