Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Educational Courses