Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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