Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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