Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education