Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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