Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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