Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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