Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education