Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs