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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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