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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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