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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing 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 sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course University