Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books