Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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