Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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