Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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