Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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