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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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