Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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