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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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