Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)