Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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