Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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