Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)