Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured 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 massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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