Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models 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 in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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