Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology