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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses The Mooc Revolution