Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs