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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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