Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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