Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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