Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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