Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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