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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course