Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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