Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs