Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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