Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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