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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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