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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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