Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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