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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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