Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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