Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course