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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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