Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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