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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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