Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Books