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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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