Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs