Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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