Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Moocs