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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)