Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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