Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs