Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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