Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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