Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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