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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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