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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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