Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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