Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses The Mooc Revolution