Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education