Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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