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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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