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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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