Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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