Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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