Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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