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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education