Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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