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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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