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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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