Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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