Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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