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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers 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 MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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