Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning