Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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