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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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