Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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