Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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