Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models 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 we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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