Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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