Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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