Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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