Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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