Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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