Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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