Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational MOOCs