Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs