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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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