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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources