Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Technology-enhanced Learning