Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning