Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Moocs