Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education