Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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