Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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