Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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