Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research