Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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