Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses The Mooc Revolution