Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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