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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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