Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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