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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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