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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Education Moocs