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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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