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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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