Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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