Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Definition