Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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