Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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