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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Higher Education