Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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