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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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