Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)