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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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