Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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