Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books