Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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