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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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