Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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