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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology