Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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