Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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