Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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