Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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