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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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