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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education