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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs