Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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