Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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