Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition