Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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