Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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