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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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