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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning