Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course