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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education