Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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