Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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