Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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