Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs