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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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