Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals