Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Digital Teaching Platform