Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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