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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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