Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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