Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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