Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course University