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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Education Courses