Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business 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 participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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