Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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