Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)