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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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