Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Courses