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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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