Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning