Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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