Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research