Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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