Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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