Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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