Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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