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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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