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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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