Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Technology-enhanced Learning