Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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