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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses The Mooc Revolution