Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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