Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-Learning