Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs