Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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