Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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