Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Best Practices