Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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