Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)