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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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