Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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