Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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