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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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