Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course