Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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