Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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