Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education