Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education enable humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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