Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)