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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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