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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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