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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Moocs