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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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