Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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