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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning Theory