Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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