Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course