Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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