Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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