Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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