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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education