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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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