Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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