Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses 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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