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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs