Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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