Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources