Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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