Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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