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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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