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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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