Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices