Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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