Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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