Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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