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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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