Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes 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 Educational Resources Video