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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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