Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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