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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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