Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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