Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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