Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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