Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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