Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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