Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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