Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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