Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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