Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Free