Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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