Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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