Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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