Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research