Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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