Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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