Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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