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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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