Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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