Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books