Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies 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 optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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