Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books