Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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