Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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