Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)