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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education