Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Educational Moocs