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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education