Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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