Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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