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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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