Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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