Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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