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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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