Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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