Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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