Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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