Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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