Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education MOOCs