Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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