Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)