Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education