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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Book