Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course