Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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