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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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