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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs List