Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education