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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Books