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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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