Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition