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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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