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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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