Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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