Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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