Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy