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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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