Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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