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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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