Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition