Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)