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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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