Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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