Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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