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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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