Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)