Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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