Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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