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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses