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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)