Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational MOOCs