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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices