Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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