Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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