Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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