Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive 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 desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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