Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Educational