Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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