Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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