Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs List