Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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