Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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