Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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