Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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