Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses The Mooc Revolution