Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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