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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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