Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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