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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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