Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning