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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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