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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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