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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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