Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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