Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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