Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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