Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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