Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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