Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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