Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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