Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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