Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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