Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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