Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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