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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Free Online Courses