Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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