Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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