Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education