Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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