Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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