Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Courses