Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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