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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Educational Moocs