Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Open Source