Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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