Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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