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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education