Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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