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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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