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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the key 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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