Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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