Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)