Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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