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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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