Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)