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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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