Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Blended Learning