Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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