Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers 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 innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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