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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Book