Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course