Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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