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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)