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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books