Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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