Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Blended Learning