Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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