Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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