Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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