Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Digital Teaching Platform