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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)