Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education