Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education