Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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