Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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