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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs