Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs