Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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