Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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