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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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