Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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