Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies 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 organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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