Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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