Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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