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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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