Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Free Online Courses