Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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