Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Technology-enhanced Learning