Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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